A few years ago I had a healthy liking for YA books. Then I took on the job of being the Children's Book Specialist at the book store I worked at. My healthy liking turned into an obsession and The Tales Compendium was born. If I see a book I like the sound of, I have to buy it, never mind the fact that I have countless piles of unread books sitting on my floor (I ran out of space to put more bookshelves).
In August 2010, I resigned from my position at the store after six years, and took off travelling around America for 3 months. Here my purchasing only got worse, with so many books available there that couldn't be bought in Australia. Now back in Australia, I am ploughing through my pile of fabulous books, always looking for something undiscovered and unique. I am currently studying marketing and am seeking a job in the book industry.
I read most YA fiction (especially contemporary) although I tend to stay away from historical fiction and am more than happy to host author interviews. If you would like to contact me, please e-mail me at:thetalescompendium(at)hotmail(dot)com
Regretfully, I am currently not accepting review requests.
To my followers, I love getting comments and feedback so please don't hesitate to leave me a message or shoot me an email.
Jess xx
Hi there,
ReplyDeleteYou met Marissa tonight at Rachel Caines signing. She said it was awesome!!!
I'm going to signing tomorrow QLD Northlakes Westfield Shopping 4pm.
Very Excited!!
Michelle
Hi Michelle,
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you and your son had a great time at the signing. I hope you have a blast at the Cassandra Clare signing at the end of the month! Wish I didn't live so far away :(
Hi Jess,
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So Jess, when you post a comment here, does it not have the option to "Subscribe by email"? Because it does for me, just like with a normal entry. (I will delete this later.)
ReplyDeletePS, On second thought, it says "An error occurred while contacting the server" when I click on subscribe by email. It didn't say that when I click on subscribe by email in your most recent entry, though. Weird.
ReplyDeleteYeh it says "subscribe by email" for me to but it keeps coming up on with error message. I wasn't sure if it was just me or everybody. It does it on all the 'pages' but not the posts :(
ReplyDeleteplus i'm annoyed because after blogger had it's meltdown yesterday, the last two comments on here by rusty and myself have disappeared. grrrrr
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